Was GENERAL SHERMAN a WAR CRIMINAL?!?!?!?!

Episode 5 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking the Lost Cause myths surrounding William Tecumseh Sherman during the American Civil War, including the Atlanta Campaign, the March to the Sea, and the burning of Columbia – and tackling the "slavery would have gone away on its own" thing while we're at it. Surprisingly, Johnny Reb gets in one or two really solid points.

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~REFERENCES~

[1] Charles Royster. The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans (1991). Vintage Civil War Library, Page 127

[2] Nathan Johnson. “Could Slavery Have Died a Peaceful Death?” (2015). Civil Discourse History Blog https://www.civildiscourse-historyblo...

[3] John Majewski. Modernizing a Slave Economy: The Economic Vision of the Confederate Nation (2009). University of North Carolina Press E-Books

[4] Jennifer M. Murray. “Hard War in Virginia During the Civil War” (2010). Encyclopedia Virginia https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/...

[5] Stephen Davis. All the Fighting They Want: The Atlanta Campaign from Peachtree Creek to the City’s Surrender (2017). Savas Beattie, Page 37-38

[6] Royster, Page 95

[7] Royster, Page 117-118

[8] Royster, Page 342

[9] William T. Sherman. Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, Vol. II (1889). Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4361/...

[10] Royster, Page 79-82

[11] Royster, Page 34-41

[12] Davis, Page 31, 112

[13] Daniel A. Pollock. “The Battle of Atlanta: History and Remembrance” (2014). SouthernSpaces https://southernspaces.org/2014/battl...

[14] Royster, Page 328-329

[15] Royster, Page 5-25

[16] Jeff Wilkinson. “Who Really Burned Columbia During the Civil War?” 2018). The State https://www.thestate.com/news/local/a...

[17] Royster, Page 26-27

[18] Royster, Page 346-347

[19] Royster, 388-397